Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses, and organizations raise, allocate, and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. The term finance may thus incorporate any of the following:

* The study of money and other assets;
* The management and control of those assets;
* Profiling and managing project risks;
* As a verb, “to finance” is to provide funds for business. Read the rest of this entry »